BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR
Nov 26, 2009 at 2:27 pm
The following excerpt is from Lata’if al-Ma’arif by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali concerning the virtue and some of the actions to be undertaken on the Day of Arafa (pp. 487-495) I wanted to get this out today for the benefit of the believers so I have not taken the time to…
Nov 25, 2009 at 11:32 am
BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR
Nov 24, 2009 at 6:29 am
Is Treachery Against Ones Fellow Citizens Sanctioned by Islam? One of the questions forwarded to me in the aftermath of the article I wrote on the Fort Hood tragedy [2], is the following, “What proof from the Islamic Law can you give that a person who is an American citizen,…
BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR
Nov 11, 2009 at 8:47 am
Note: This essay was started before the tragic shootings at Fort Hood, TX. I have much to say on that issue, but I felt I should finish this essay first. The poor people, including poor Muslims, are oftentimes denied a voice. The meaning of their lives and their legacy is…
BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR
Oct 27, 2009 at 4:26 pm
We will now continue our translation from Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali’s work, Lata’if al-Ma’arif. In this section, he begins a discussion of the Hajj and some of its virtues, pp. 400-402. It is related in the two sound books (Bukhari and Muslim) on the authority of Abu Hurayra, from the Prophet,…
BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR
Oct 21, 2009 at 12:48 am
Today was a beautiful day. After a period of days that brought howling winds and driving rain, the California autumn yielded to a bright, blue cloudless sky. The rain has transformed the vacant space to the side of our front yard into a lush carpet of soothing green grass. The…
BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR
Oct 05, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Today (October 5, 2009), I was in Scotland for the Launch of Shaykh Abdul Aziz Ahmed’s Book, Living with Blindness: Lessons from the Life of Imran Sabir, who passed away this past March after struggling his entire life with the devastating effects of LOGIC Syndrome, a rare genetic disease. I…
BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR
Sep 23, 2009 at 9:52 pm
‘Id Mubarak! Another Ramadan has passed. We pray that Allah accepts all of the righteous deeds undertaken by His servants during this month and that all of us have left the month with our sins forgiven and our prayers answered. For me this was an especially powerful Ramadan. There were…
BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR
Sep 07, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Generosity We often focus on the fasting and Tarawih prayers during Ramadan. However, the blessed month is also a time when generosity is greatly emphasized. One should try to be exceedingly generous during this month. In this section (pp. 305-310) Ibn Rajab examines the generosity of the Prophet, peace upon…
BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR
Sep 02, 2009 at 5:41 pm
This is the final installment of what we have translated from Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali’s work, Lata’if al-Ma’arif. In this section, he mentions the liberation from Hell that is a gift countless people receive during Ramadan. He also mentions many teachings from the religion that create a deep longing and love…
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